Sun, 24 Apr 2011 07:41:47 GMTFive female bodies, including one of a 14-year-old girl, were found brutally murdered in the Mexican beach resort in Acapulco on Saturday morning, Mexican police have said.

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:51:20 GMTMexican troops have arrested a cartel leader for allegedly masterminding the murders of 145 people whose bodies were found recently in a group of mass graves in northeastern Mexico.

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:09:49 GMTAt least 18 Mexico people have been killed in an exchange of gunfire between drug-dealing rival gangs, as the North American nation is inundated with lethal narcotics-related crime.

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:18:39 GMTThirteen members of the Mexican army are awaiting court-martial on charges of drug trafficking and organized crime, as the country struggles to tackle narcotics-related violence.

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 09:11:51 GMTEleven people, including a police officer and ten alleged drug cartel members, have been killed across Mexico as part of a wave of drug violence that is sweeping through the country.

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:40:08 GMTMexico's Sonora state police say a US Border Patrol agent was involved in a shooting that resulted in the death of a 17-year-old Mexican boy on the Arizona border on Wednesday.